Monday, May 05, 2008

A brief update, at least for TV's sake :)

Another two weeks, and nothing new. Well, that's not completely true. I did spend the day on the motorcycle yesterday. It's been a lot of fun. The Victory Vision is very comfortable and time/distance friendly. I've had some chance to use the heated hand grips and the heated seats and they are really nice. I need to find a way to take some kind of road trip and put it to it's paces.

The most exciting thing this past week was the release of Iron Man with Robert Downey Jr (RDJ). It was pretty amazing. Being somewhat of an Iron Man fan, I was a little concerned (dare I say skeptical) of RDJ's ability to portray Tony Stark in a manner which befits his comic book stature. I think in some aspects he missed the mark a little bit, but in others, he brought to life personality traits that are hard to communicate in print.

RDJ had this interesting ability to deliver his lines with co-stars in a fluid fashion, but even more peculiar was his nack of delivering this lines while adding his own quips and one-liners, as if he was expressing verbally what he was thinking. It really made all the difference, to me anyway, in how RDJ portraited the idiosyncratic genius that is Tony Stark. Definitely a must see on the big screen. Is it worth full price? Absolutely! I may even have to go check it out again, and it's not even been out for a week. If you haven't heard, be sure to stick around for a sneak peak/trailer at the very end of the credits. I'm not going to give it away, unless you ask me to, but it could be a fun peak into what's coming!

I'm looking forward Batman - The Dark Knight. We'll see how odd it will be to watch what has become Heath Ledgers final performance, albeit not being seen until after his unfortunate, and certainly untimely passing.

Lost has been good even if not 'answer providing' as promised by the producers. It's almost too confusing to get into. Are they really dead like Hurley claims? Is this their version of heaven based on how they want it? Why is Miles suddenly so interested in Clair? Does she now she her dad (and Jack's) because she dead as well? Is Miles surprised that no one has picked up on this because they don't realize that some of them have seen other dead people before and now they don't know the difference?

What about Ben appearing to call upon the black smoke thing? We know Danielle turned off the fence and that was how it was able to get in, but how did Ben call it? What was that little room off his panic room that he accessed via the arcane stone door with the Hiroghlyphs?

And his trip to Tunisia? A year into the future? Oct 2005! He also claimed to have arrived by boat, but we know he didn't because we saw him in the desert. Also, his first breath, as exhaled in the desert, was very cold, you see the 'frost' as he expelled his breath. What about the vomiting. Is there some medication that can be taken to help facilitate transfers between current/real time and Island time? I remember they gave Juliette some concoction to be taken for he sub ride, but was it really to help her mentally adjust between the two 'realities'.

Oh hell, the questions just keep coming, and yet every episode continues to bring more, with no answers in sight! Can I stand two more years of this?!

I'm a week behind on Battlestar Galactice (BSG) so nothing new to report there yet, other than to say, so far this 4th (and final season) isn't that exciting! I obviouslly enjoy all the special effects and the space shots and all, but so far it's been only about the people. It seems they are trying to lead us to something about people's nature and why as human's we are so quick to judge and condemn others because they are different, but can't they throw in a space fight sequence or something?

I'm afraid another 6 episodes of this will make it hard to want to wait for the last 10 (to be aired at some unknown date and time).

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